The bangover, they call it in mixed martial arts. It's that interval after a fight when combatants try to regain equilibrium. In some cases the quest is physical, from the toll of violence dispensed to their bodies, but in all cases it's emotional, easing back into society after funneling and tunneling all that energy and intensity into the singular mission of beating an opponent.
After defeating Conor McGregor in one of the most well-promoted fights in UFC history, lightweight Dustin Poirier appeared unscathed. While McGregor’s leg was Theismann’ed, forcing him to leave the Octagon in a stretcher, Poirier was back at his Las Vegas Airbnb a few hours later, smiling as he grilled pizzas in the backyard.